Imperial Porcelain LOMONOSOV Cup & Saucer Church Intercession On Nerl

Description: Mug and Saucer "Church Intercession on Nerl", Porcelain Hard, NEW The item is HAND PAINTED and has a stamp of the factory on the bottom. Hand wash is recommended. Gold Leaf ! Description Material Hard porcelain, Gold Leaf 22k Form Leningrad Author of a form Krimmer E.M. Author of drawing - Type of a list Underglaze hand painted. Length: 160 mm Width: 120 mm Height: 160 mm Volume: 12.1 fl.oz. (360 ml) Producer: Imperial (Lomonosov) Porcelain Manufactory Article: 81.10491.00.1 Weight: 376 g Mug and saucer pic. Church Intercession on Nerl made by the Imperial (Lomonosov) Porcelain Manufactory, hard porcelain with elements of hand painting. Volume - 12.1 fl.oz. (360 ml). The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (Pokrov on Nerli) — the white stone temple in the Vladimir region Russia, in one and a half kilometers from Bogolyubov, an outstanding monument of architecture of the vladimiro-Suzdal school. Dating of the temple according to N. N. Voronin — 1165, based on the message of Life of Andrey Bogolyubsky is traditional that the church of the Cover was constructed in memory of the lost son of the grand duke Izyaslav Andreevich. The church is consecrated in honor of a holiday of the Cover of the Virgin established in Russia in the middle of the XII century at the initiative of Andrey Bogolyubsky. Possibly, it is the first church of the Cover in Russia. On the legend containing in Andrey Bogolyubsky's Life, the white stone for construction of church was taken out from the Bulgar kingdom subdued by Andrey Bogolyubsky. However this legend is disproved by both historic facts, and results of paleographic analyses of the white stone used for construction of church. Walls of church are decorated with carved reliefs. The central figure in composition of three facades of the temple — the tsar David-psalmopevets sitting on a throne with psalteriy in the left hand, dvuperstno blessing with the right hand. In registration lions, birds and women's masks are used. Initial internal lists of the temple are completely lost (are brought down at a ponovleniye in 1877). Refinement of proportions and the general harmony of the temple is noted by many researchers; often the church of the Cover is called the most beautiful Russian temple. "The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl near Vladimir is not only the most perfect temple created in Russia, but also one of the greatest monuments of world art …" - I. E. Grabar The history of Imperial porcelain factory is inseparably linked with history of Russia, and its production – the Russian art porcelain – is presented in collections of the largest museums of the world. The imperial porcelain factory founded in 1744 in St. Petersburg under the decree of the daughter of Peter the Great empress Elizabeth became the first porcelain enterprise in Russia and the third in Europe. It is here where the talented Russian scientist D.I.Vinogradov (1720–1758) discovered a secret of production of "white gold". Products of Imperial porcelain factory which are created by artists of top-class, strike with the beauty and refinement of judges from around the world here already nearly three hundred years, being an embodiment of beauty, elegance and a delicate taste. Imperial porcelain is a symbol of refinement and luxury of your house, reflection of your unique style. It decorates interiors of houses of persons, whose taste doesn't raise doubts. Among them – the former first lady of the USA Laura Bush, the former first lady of Brazil Marisa Letisija Lula da Silva, the queen of Malaysia Tengku Fauziya Abdoul Rasheed, the first lady of Mexico Marta Sakhagun. Director Valery Fokin, well-known performers Elena Obraztsova, Mireille Mathieu and many other famous people.

Price: 65 USD

Location: Wheeling, West Virginia

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